FDA held a 3 hour webcast last week detailing its industry guidance on the new CGMP regulations. The webcast has been archived. To view the webcast at your leisure click here. FDA suggests using Internet Explorer to allow full navigation through the webcast.
Peter Quinter, Partner and Chair of the International Law Practice at Becker Poliakoff will moderate “FDA and You: Creating Best Practices for Importing Food and Medical Devices” on June 13th at the Miami Free Zone in Miami, Florida. While the seminar does not reference supplements specifically in the title, all of the information provided is [...]
Mark A. LeDoux, Chairman and CEO of Natural Alternatives International, Inc. and Chair of The Council for Responsible Nutrition spoke next at the American Conference Institute conference on dietary supplements, nutraceuticals and functional foods on the issue of new GMP rules for dietary supplements. Helpful links from the presentation include FDA’s PowerPoint presentation the proposed [...]
Discussion at the American Conference Institute conference on dietary supplements, nutraceuticals and functional foods turned to the problem the FDA faces trying to inspect the increasing volume of imported supplement and food ingredients coming into the USA from countries like China (which is the subject of an import alert allowing FDA to detain protein products [...]
The President recently signed the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006. The USA SAFE WEB Act gives the Federal Trade Commission expanded authority to cooperate with foreign law enforcement officials in their investigations into wrong doing in the U.S. and vice versa. Expect more cross-border cooperation in deceptive [...]
Making claims in Japan is a dangerous business if you don’t do it right according to Paul Yamaguchi, author of this article at the Natural and Nutritional Products Industry Center. According to Yamaguchi, in Japan “you are alone in a war zone without protection and the laws are all around you. One slightly wrong move, [...]
